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The Pakistan cricket team on Monday arrived in Sri Lanka for the T20 World Cup, which is set to begin on February 7.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that a 15-player squad had arrived in the country.<\/p>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cThe 15-player national squad includes Captain Salman Ali Agha, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Naeef, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan, and Usman Tariq,\u201d the PCB said in an earlier post, the informed of the squad\u2019s department for the global event\u2019s venue.<\/p>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n In the latest update about the aquad\u2019s arrival in Colombo, the board said the team would rest on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe team will play a warm-up match against Ireland on Feb 4,\u201d PCB added.<\/p>\n The T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is set to begin on Feb 7.<\/p>\n On Sunday, the government gave the go-ahead <\/a>for Pakistan\u2019s participation in the tournament, but barred it from playing against arch-rival India on February 15.<\/p>\n The announcement came amid uncertainty regarding a possible boycott of the tournament over Bangladesh\u2019s withdrawal<\/u><\/a> following tensions with India.<\/p>\n A government source told Dawn<\/em> that Pakistan had refused to play against India to express solidarity with Bangladesh. According to the government source, the primary reason for boycotting the match with India was the ICC\u2019s \u201cbiased decision\u201d towards Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n